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Too Many Cannibals
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join:2001-11-29
Erie, PA | Overlord II demo. Clubbing baby seals and wearing their remains as a helmet has never been so much fun.
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Reformation
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join:2002-07-10
Port Orchard, WA
clubs: | Ordered iPhone 3GS today 7-10 days to arrive. Bummer!
On another note, father's day present for me might be a 50mm f/1.8 for the Rebel XS! | |
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join:2002-10-11
Middletown, PA | Re: Ordered iPhone 3GS today Congrats! I'm downloading the 3.0 update to my regular iPhone as I type. Not as exciting..... 
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Roflmao
join:2000-06-08
Glendale, CA
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| Re: Ordered iPhone 3GS today I looked at the difference of the new software upgrade and I must say I am glad they put the copy and paste function on there. I didn't even know that it wasn't available before. How much did you pay for the upgrade?
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·Comcast
| Re: Ordered iPhone 3GS today said by Hpower  :I looked at the difference of the new software upgrade and I must say I am glad they put the copy and paste function on there. I didn't even know that it wasn't available before. How much did you pay for the upgrade? The update was free. Are you asking the OP how much he paid for his new phone or upgrade?
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Reformation
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join:2002-07-10
Port Orchard, WA
clubs: | Re: Ordered iPhone 3GS today Co-worker has one, was NOT impressed. | |
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Reformation
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clubs: | Re: Ordered iPhone 3GS today Epic fail @ troll. | |
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| said by Gbcue :said by drew :Co-worker has one, was NOT impressed. I know. My co-worker doesn't like his 3G S either. I know a Co-worker who knows a Co-worker that knows a Co-worker that knows two Co-workers who likes theirs. | |
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Derspankster
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join:2003-02-12
Marion, OH | I have a phone that makes phone calls. Gets 'em too!
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Blue Rock, OH | I have the older Rebel XTi and I think you will enjoy the XS very much! As far as camera phone's goes I don't think you can beat the one's in the LG Dare's. | |
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Reformation
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join:2002-07-10
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clubs: | Re: Ordered iPhone 3GS today Already have the Rebel... »/pics/dimaging/656685 | |
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join:2006-04-21
Blue Rock, OH
| Re: Ordered iPhone 3GS today Those are nice pictures. I had a old 35mm SLR Canon AE1 and never thought I would go to a digital one. Never go back! Check some of the wildlife pictures I have taken with my XTi:
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join:2000-10-18
San Jose, CA
| Re: Got a Palm Pre this week I'm on the SERO 500 plan, and Sprint has already said that those of us with this plan will never get the Pre. So I guess I'm stuck with the Centro and the like as long as I want the SERO pricing (which at $23/month for 500 minutes, etc., will be forever). | |
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Reformation
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Port Orchard, WA
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| Re: Ordered iPhone 3GS today Wow, considering I use a Moro q9c and have never had an iPhone, that really doesn't apply.
I've spent time with the android phone and google totally missed the good old user friendly UI part. Nothing on that phone made me want one. Windows mobile isn't bad but it struggles IMO. I've used friends' and colleagues' iPhones and have enjoyed the experience. I have an iPod touch and it works great.
I have done my research and the iphone is what I want.
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sansri88
Go digtal you analog laggards
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join:2005-12-17
New York, NY
clubs:  | new laptop What does anyone know about the dell latitude e6500? I was thinking about buying me one of them for college (changed my mind about clevo laptops...)
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join:2001-10-04
Wayne, PA
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1 edit | Re: new laptop The only laptop I would sink my hard earned cash into is a Thinkpad T series.
I fix laptops for a living among other things.
Latitudes are so-so. The model you refer to doesn't seem too good.
IMHO Stay away from anything Toshiba, Acer, Gateway, EMachine, and cheaper Lenovo. They are all made by Acer anyway AFAIK and they stick their own plastic bits on them.
Kinda like Saturn selling Chevys and Saabs like they made them.
Stay very far away from HP/Compaq DV series esp. with AMD CPUs. They are like Bic lighters. Flick them until they stop working then throw them out. They burn themselves up very quickly. | |
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join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | I'm going to college too this fall. I am getting a Dell studio 15, it was the only one I could find in the studio with a 16:9 screen. Whatever you get I suggest you wait until the sales tax holiday in about a month. | |
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sansri88
Go digtal you analog laggards
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join:2005-12-17
New York, NY
clubs: | Re: new laptop No sales tax holiday in NJ from what I know... | |
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Pleasant Hill, MO | Re: new laptop Isn't there a national one, they talked about it last year on the news. | |
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Gentoo Fanboy
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Erie, PA | Re: new laptop There would first have to be a national sales tax before you could have a national sales tax holiday... | |
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NOCMan
Verizon Fios User
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join:2004-09-30
Flower Mound, TX | Avoid Lenovos they're piles of crap since IBM bought them out. We use them at work 70k employees and they're nothing but trouble, I had a dell and it was rock solid for 3 years..
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join:2001-10-04
Wayne, PA
·Verizon FIOS
| Re: new laptop Spoken like a true Texan right down there in Dell country.
I said "T" series only.
Were you on the "The US Gov can only use Dell because Lenovo is in China and might poison the BIOS" crowd?
What a crock!
Did you have the Dell power management chip fry itself problems in the D600 & 610 series?
Please. I fix them, not deploy them.
Dells are HannStar says so right on the board on the older models.
I could list a ton a features that make the "T" series far better than any Dell ever built.
But the ball's in your court.
Tell me why Dell's better that a Thinkpad T series. | |
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join:2002-01-26
Puerto Rico
| Month of June This is a long-ass month, 5 weeks  , ugh. But it's the weekend and that makes up for something .
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Forward, March
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join:2004-09-30
Happy Camp
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| Re: Month of June said by Boricua65 :This is a long-ass month, 5 weeks , ugh. But it's the weekend and that makes up for something . Ah, five paychecks this month.
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Roflmao
join:2000-06-08
Glendale, CA
·Charter Pipeline
1 edit | Bleh I am praying that I get the helpdesk job at the bank I work at (contract to hire position) for past 4 months. I'll find out next friday. It sucks that they have to do a credit check since it's at a bank. Trying to not think about it too much since I was able to rent an apartment anyway with my not so perfect credit score. Already have written proof that I have paid off most of my debt which prob won't show on my credit report.
Also finally moving out for first time also so it's going to be an exciting month. Found a nice place. Just live in peace by myself Other than that, going to attend my sisters graduation today. Boy I remember when I graduated. What a mess I was. I thought it was going to be easy getting into the job market. Definitely was not. High school sucked anyway lol so don't want to go to the stupid graduation where they spend hours and hours giving hopeful speeches during this messed up economy for our future tax payers who will take care of us when we are retired.
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join:2000-06-08
Glendale, CA
·Charter Pipeline
| Re: Bleh Yea actually I found a nice place that's $795 a month. Paid utilities (gas, power, and water). No parking spot yet but hopefully soon. Nice big living room, small kichen area with closet and small storage room. The bathroom is nice and big perfect for just myself. Laundry room downstairs (coins are needed). I am about to pay the remainer of the deposit tuesday and first month rent AND moving in on 30th of this month (the tuesday following).
So yea, my friends are going to help me out and prob buy me a frig as a present. I found some nice furniture stores that I'll take a look at but first two things that I will need to do when I get there is 1) Have a frig, 2) Internet access LOL and prob 3) buy some cleaning tools to get the place spotless (it's already real clean but I want to make sure I don't get sick). The cool thing is that the apartment is really close to my friends house and the gym which I go to 4 days a week.
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TK Junk Mail
Go ahead, make my day
join:2006-07-30
Ocean Gate, NJ | Re: Bleh Congrats, and hang in there man. Keep learning and give it a few years. Before you know it you will be on top of the world. | |
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E.I.T.
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join:2001-09-30
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clubs: | T-Mobile myTouch 3G I can't wait for the announcement next week! | |
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
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join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs | Re: Weekend time dudes! Billy Mays sucks a bag of limp dicks...... | |
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Gone playing Dragon Age Origins
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Jamestown, NC |  Relaxing Weekend Planned
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hayabusa3303
Over 200 mph
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clubs: | Have a good weekend. . | |
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evolution of eviL.
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Fall River, MA
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too dark too early
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clubs: | Re: Oops! wet, or dry? Smelly, or not? If yes, sulfur or anything else? Did it hurt, like if you did it on a wooden kitchen chair?
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zenafu
join:2007-06-12
Brooklyn, NY | ET No Phone Home Sooooo much iPhone news. Everything iPhone. Must take the weekend to recover. Till Monday. Peace, people. | |
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join:2002-12-17
Port Saint Lucie, FL | I miss my old friend... I want my old Motorola Startac back!!!!! | |
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join:2004-10-23
Rantoul, IL
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| Unemployed I just HATE HATE HATE being unemployed. Even worse is when a company makes you think you have the job after a series of interviews, but then they change their mind.
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Rogue Wolf
Ate The Last Of The Pumpkin Pie
join:2003-08-12
Troy, NY
·RoadRunner Cable
|  Whatever happened to calling/writing back?
- Three never got back to me in any way, shape or form
- One wrote back to me today (three weeks after I sent the inquiring Email)
- One promised to call me on a Friday to set up a meeting to see the place, forgot, contacted me the following Sunday to promise to call me again this Friday, and forgot again
- One went so far as to show me the apartment, but when I got back to him to tell him I was no longer interested, he told me he'd already rented the apartment out to someone else
- One took the time to stay in contact, letting me know that my current landlord wasn't being responsive with a reference, and keeping me abreast of what was going on
I'm going tomorrow to sign a lease with this last guy. Not just because I like the apartment and the rent amount, but because I appreciate someone who actually values the time of people who are looking to give him or her money.
Why do so many people fail to follow through, especially on something so critical as a place to live? Errggghhh.
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Combat Chuck
Too Many Cannibals
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join:2001-11-29
Erie, PA
| Re: Whatever happened to calling/writing back? I went back to college last fall and had to move from Pittsburgh PA to Erie. I am convinced that many landlords are dumb.
I had gone up to look at apartments and not finding anything that wasn't an absolute dump I found a nice apartment that had been listed in the paper for 3 weeks. Called the lady and after talking for a while she says she can't show me the apartment because there was a waiting list and she had to show it to someone else first and would call me if the other person didn't want it after they saw it. I told her that's fine but asked if I could still see it since I was in the area and that way I don't have to make another trip if the other lady doesn't take it.... she says "but there's a waiting list?"...to even see the apartment.
I get home call a guy, seems pretty nice, set up an appointment to show me an apartment the next week. I get up that morning to drive up, give him a call to confirm that it's still good, he says yes and I leave. 2 hours later I show up and the guy isn't there, after waiting a half hour I call and he says "yeah, I rented it out this morning" ....
So I call the other lady with the waiting list back cause her apartment is still in the paper. She says the other lady was too busy to see the apartment so I still have to wait. I tell her, "look, if you show me the apartment and I like it I will pay you six months rent today and another six months when I sign the lease". She says, but I can't show you the apartment until the other woman sees it.
I swear to you, IQ of 3, what landlord not only turns down a year of rent in advance for someone who isn't even in a hurry to see the apartment, but refuses to show the apartment.
Incidentally, she called me in October, 2 months later, to set up an appointment to see the apartment and seemed a little miffed that I wasn't still looking.
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USA | Re: Whatever happened to calling/writing back? I can support her wishes not to rent you the apt until the other lady has said no... ethics and all. But to not show it to you seems a little strange. | |
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Combat Chuck
Too Many Cannibals
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join:2001-11-29
Erie, PA
| Re: Whatever happened to calling/writing back? said by Neyland :I can support her wishes not to rent you the apt until the other lady has said no... ethics and all. But to not show it to you seems a little strange. Yeah, I can understand the not renting part at first, but all I wanted was to not have to drive another 260 miles and waste another day just to see.
If I was the landlord and it became clear to me that the other lady wasn't in much of a hurry to rent the place I would think that that is grounds for skipping her in the waiting list.
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Morrisville, NC | The only unethical thing would be if she didn't give the other lady a chance to beat your offer. | |
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USA | Because it's not critical to them. | |
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TK Junk Mail
Go ahead, make my day
join:2006-07-30
Ocean Gate, NJ
| New Computer I got my new Dell computer delivered at work today before I split. Stoked. I brought it home, set it up, and am loving it. I was going to blow away Vista, but I think I'll keep it.
Dell Studio XPS435
Vista Home Premium 64Bit
6Gb Ram, DDR3 tri channel
1Gb Radeon 4870 w/ dual monitors
Core i7 2660
It's not the ultimate PC, but it suits my needs just fine. Thanks to all of the DSLR peeps over the past few months who gave me input on a new system, and steered me away from getting a POS Optiplex.
New computer with dual mons, and a Guinness in hand. It just doesn't get much better than this, lol. | |
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·RoadRunner Cable
| Re: New Computer said by TK Junk Mail :I was going to blow away Vista, but I think I'll keep it. I've kept the Vista Business on my notebook, mostly because I wasn't as proficient with it as I was with the other MS OSs. After 6 months or so as an actual user, it's still a net loss for me.
However, downgrading a new system to XP can be a serious investment in time. If the manufacturer doesn't have the drivers available (usually the case) or if someone hasn't already pioneered a driver pack for it yet (more often than not) then I/You get to blaze that trail.
Eight to twelve hours is what most of these new downgrades take, after patching and app loading. Two-thirds of that is driver ascertaining and locating (also for mini-apps to run specific hardware functions). It'd take a lot longer without Everest Ultimate. I should point out that when I'm done, it's exactly as if it came from the factory, minus the subsidized crapware.
All this assumes it's not a *nix you're looking at. In that case there are a few really strong contenders in driver ability; the first being Fedora 11. I have the beta on a thumb drive and it loads in nearly everything I try it on, with little-to-no additional effort.
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TK Junk Mail
Go ahead, make my day
join:2006-07-30
Ocean Gate, NJ
| Re: New Computer said by Noah Vail :said by TK Junk Mail :I was going to blow away Vista, but I think I'll keep it. I've kept the Vista Business on my notebook, mostly because I wasn't as proficient with it as I was with the other MS OSs. After 6 months or so as an actual user, it's still a net loss for me. However, downgrading a new system to XP can be a serious investment in time... That time investment was exactly why I decided to keep the factory image. I have been on Vista since yesterday and I'm surprised that I'm already comfortable. There are those GUI issues that annoy most peeps, but I'm getting over them. Some tasks in Vista seem kind of sluggish, but maybe I am expecting too much. I do have a performace index whatever of 5.9 though. Cha ching.
What I ended up doing was virtualizing my XP box with the VMWare Standalone Converter. I'm running that VMWare image in the VMWare player in a seamless window on my second monitor. Very convenient. | |
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join:2009-06-09
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| Re: New Computer I hope you managed to get software assurance so you can upgrade to Windows 7 for free. I've been using it on my work computer since the beta, and it's like Vista but better in every way. The GUI and interface is mostly the same but the response time is far faster and I like their tweaks (then again I can see how some might not like the change to the quick launch bar). | |
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FastiBook
join:2003-01-08
Newtown, PA
·Verizon FIOS
| I just saw comcast's fios install ad.... I think vz should sue comcast for 400 million dollars & the lost time explaining the install process to confused customers.
Really comcast? "Resist FIOS"? Is that the best you can do? As a customer of both comcast & vz i can say that i'm shamed to have comcast's slimy wires in my house. Will be jumping on the fiber tv boat asap. will save money since we all ready have internet & phone with them.
If anyone is wondering why i'm disturbed by this ad...
Basically it shows an excavator digging up a yard with a huge deep trench & pulling up a water pipe & it spraying all over, then the house being damaged & the ONT falling off leaving just a huge mess of black wires on the outside of the house & the salesperson being creepily pushy ending with a "resist fios" banner.
My install took 3 hours TOTAL & left the yard utterly intact no visible difference at all, nothing was dug up or damaged. The crew running the equipment was courteous, polite, friendly, and the guy who set up the wiring and the router and ONT was a total gentleman, a former line worker for bell atlantic with 35 years under his belt. Explained everything perfectly, made no mess, damaged nothing, did a really good job and years later, no issues at all.
I am going to be calling comcast in the morning to complain. Messing up billing is one thing, but blatantly deceiving people about what to expect from a competitor is first & foremost illegal, and it's also just pathetic.
By the way my girlfriend got me a new camera for our 2 year anniversary since my old one was stolen. It rocks, i love it.
Also i still love my iPhone 3G. Awaiting the first regular bill which should be posted today. I'm guessing 140. I can only wait & see.
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join:2003-01-08
Newtown, PA
·Verizon FIOS
| I called & complained. They hung up on me.
So, i guess we'll be getting new boxes and remotes. No one whom i am paying for something hangs up on me twice and keeps my business. A shame they couldn't just apologize and offer some kind of concession. Oh well.
I wonder if i'll have to put the fios router in my room, since it needs to be near a converter box. I am not sure if they will have to move the cat5 jack or simply run a cable or what. Whatever the case, i welcome the change to proper quality tv. Will keep all posted on the weekend threads.
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